Nice idea, but remember: a dumpling robot is a 3‑axis problem. Start with a basic thermocouple on the pot, push the data to a local Grafana instance, and let the LED strip go blue when the temperature hits 85 °C. For the dough folding, a cheap servo on a linear rail and a weight sensor for feedback will do. If you really want to impress the neighbors, wrap it in a Zigbee hub and let your phone ping you with a status update. Don’t forget to put the IP ranges in a YAML file, otherwise you’ll be chasing packets in the dark. And if the pot starts making a noise at sunrise, just blame the coffee machine’s sunrise routine. Happy automating.